Bill Hudson
Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics is a podcast of the Providence College Political Science Department. On the podcast, we provide analysis of political issues and events featuring the expertise of Providence College faculty members. Our episodes seek to offer in depth discussion of contemporary events that go beyond what typically is covered in the media. In particular, our guests draw on the most up to date research in political science and other fields to throw light on world events. Our episodes cover political events in all regions of the world and in the United States. The issues and events analyzed include elections, public policy, domestic and international crises, political ideologies, racial and ethnic relations, prominent political figures, and many other topics.
Appears in 61 Episodes
History of the Providence College Political Science Department – 1970 - today
Listeners will find this a different kind of Beyond Your News Feed episode. Rather than analyze political events in the news as we usually do, this episode takes a de...
The Democratic Party After Trump
Donald Trump’s defeat in last November’s election spawned an eruption of press analyzes about the impact of the defeat on the Republican Party. Pundits have opined en...
Israeli Elections and Middle East politics
In this episode, Providence College Professor of Political Science Ruth Ben-Artzi talks with podcast host Professor William Hudson about the recent Israeli elections a...
Providence College Students and Election 2020
Today Bill Hudson, host of Beyond Your News Feed, interviewed six PC students: Megan Labbe, Sienna Strickland, Cole Dougherty, Carson Giles, Sofia Belen Carrillo, and ...
Analysis of 2020 Election
Professors Adam Myers, Matt Guardino, and Joe Cammarano, all of the PC political science department join host, William Hudson for a post-election analysis of the 2020 ...
Pre-election forecast
Professors Adam Myers, Matt Guardino, and Joe Cammarano, all of the PC political science department join host, William Hudson to look at the state of the presidential ...
The Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In this episode, Professors Abigail Brooks, Director of PCs Women’s Studies Program, and Paul Herron, the PC Political Science Department’s Supreme Court expert, join ...
Senate Elections
On today’s episode, I was joined by Professor Adam Myers to discuss the 2020 races for the US Senate. With more Republican Senate seats at stake in this election, Dem...
Latinos and the 2020 Election
In this episode, Professor Tony Affigne, Professor of Political Science at Providence College takes a deep dive into survey data of Latinos
Climate Crisis
This summer the United States has experienced a number of severe weather events that seem related to climate warming. In the West, weeks of drought and high temperatu...
Presidential Election 2020 – State of the Presidential Race after the Political Conventions
William Hudson, host of Beyond Your News Feed, has invited back PC Professors Matt Guardino and Adam Myers, as promised at the end of the last episode, to bring us up ...
The 2020 Presidential Election – A Little over Two Months before Election Day
Host William Hudson is joined by political scientists Adam Myers and Matt Guardino to analyze the shape of the presidential race as of August 18th. Our conversation t...
Emily Ascherl's Senior Thesis - From Authoritarian Rule to Democratic Accountability: The Negotiation for Human Rights Trials Following the Proceso Regime
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, host Bill Hudson sits down with one of the newly graduated seniors from Providence College, Emily Ascherl, to discuss her hon...
China's Pandemic Response and Impact
In this second installment of Beyond Your News Feed: Virtual Edition, Professor Susan McCarthy joins us to unpack the origins of the virus, COVID-19. Professor McCarth...
The American Political System's Response to a Pandemic
In this socially-distanced episode of Beyond Your News Feed, host Bill Hudson sits down virtually with Professors Adam Myers, Paul Herron, and Matt Guardino to discuss...
Understanding Brexit
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, we have decided to "cross the pond" to learn more about Brexit, the United Kingdom's historic withdrawal from the European Un...
What's New With Impeachment and the Supreme Court
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, we sit down with PC Political Science Professor Paul Herron for an enlightening update on the impeachment process of Presiden...
A Briefing on the Upcoming Iowa Caucus
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, we are joined by Professors Matt Guardino and Adam Myers to discuss the details of the upcoming Iowa Caucus. We analyze each ...
The Latest on the Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, Professor Gizem Zencirci and Professor Ruth Ben-Artzi discuss the details of the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleima...
The Green New Deal
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, Professor Thea Riofrancos sits down with Dr. Hudson to analyze the details of the Green New Deal as discussed in her new book...
A Briefing on Impeachment
In this episode, we are joined by PC political science professors, Dr. Joseph Cammarano and Dr. Adam Myers, to discuss the process of impeachment. We explore what impe...
An Exploration of Democracy
We are joined by PC political science professor, Rick Battistoni, to help define and discuss the meaning of democracy. Dr. Battistoni provides critical insight into th...
An Update on the Israeli Elections
PC Political Science professor, Dr. Ruth Ben-Artzi, sits down with us to provide an update on the second round of elections that were recently held in Israel. We exami...
The Supreme Court: A Review of last year’s term and preview of the coming year
In this episode, PC political science professor, Paul Herron, provides a review of the key Supreme Court cases decided in the 2018-2019 term, including important ones ...
Understanding Recent Israeli Elections
We unpack with PC Professor Ruth Ben-Artzi why and how Benjamin Netanyahu won the recent Israeli election and his victory’s implications for Israel and the Israeli-Pal...
Turkish Politics Today in the Erdogan Era
Professor Gizem Zencirci of the PC political science department joins us to analyze Turkish politics today and the rise of President Recep Erdogan and his Justice and ...
Chinese Politics Today
Professor Susan McCarthy of the PC political science department discusses how China has become an economic and geo-political power in today’s world. In a wide rangin...
Analyzing the 2018 Midterm Elections and What Happens Now
Now that the 2018 Midterm elections are over and the votes counted, we review the results their implications. Professors Adam Myers and Matt Guardino, who provided pr...
Media, News Coverage, and the 2018 Midterms
Dr. Matt Guardino of the Providence College political science faculty shares his insights on a variety of subjects, including the persistent importance of mainstream n...
Latino/a Voters and Candidates
This episode of Beyond Your News Feed features Dr. Anthony Affigne of the Providence College political science faculty. In an interview conducted by his colleague, Dr....